4 Build Your Team Use this worksheet to identify the people who ll be critical to making Salesforce CRM a success at your company. My Project Team Role Name Role Description Team Member Name Executive Sponsor Project Owner Administrator Power User Lends influence to the project by becoming the champion. Sets the business vision for the implementation. Guides the project to successful completion. Understands all business process and maps process to the Salesforce CRM implementation. Gets the application up and running and manages it day to day. Serves as liaison to the users to ensure the application meets day-to-day needs. WORKBOOK 2

5 Define Your Vision Use these sample CRM vision statements as a basis for discussion. Then come up with your own. Build and maintain long-term relationships with valuable customers by creating personalized experiences across all touch-points and by anticipating customer needs and providing customized offers. Customer loyalty is our highest priority. Provide the highest level of personalized service for all customers and give customers the communication channels they want My Vision Statement WORKBOOK 3

6 Set Your Goals This section includes worksheets to help you define and prioritize your company s goals, including: Documenting current pain points Clarifying your business goals Prioritizing those goals Remember that different groups will have different goals. In general, executives, sales manager, and sales reps share similar goals across different companies. Document Your Pain Points As a preliminary step, capture the issues various internal groups face. See the second table for an example and delete when it is no longer needed. Pain Point My Pain Points Group Pain Point Need better pipeline visibility Sample Pain Points Sales Group Difficult to quantify why deals are lost to key competitors Leads tracked via are being dropped Unable to track forecasted revenue from all profit centers Difficult to prioritize top customer issues How to identify top performers in every group Can t keep track of incoming IT requests Sales Sales Management Management Management Other group (such as IT) WORKBOOK 4

7 Clarify Your Goals After identifying the main pain points, define your goals in terms of the hoped-for solutions for each target group. Also define how those goals can be measured. After you complete the step related to defining your business process, return to the last item in this worksheet to complete it. See the second table for sample business goals and delete when it is no longer needed. My Business Goals What does the executive team hope to get out of Salesforce CRM? How are these goals measured? What do the managers hope to get out of Salesforce CRM? How are these goals measured? What are the goals of your end users? How are these goals measured? Sample Business Goals What does the executive team hope to get out of Salesforce CRM? Identify top performers Identify top customers Capture leads from the Web site Know why key deals are lost How are these goals measured? Dashboard to highlight top performers Dashboard to display top deals and win rates <x>% increase in leads What do the managers hope to get out of Salesforce CRM? Better visibility into the pipeline Better understanding of why key deals are lost Increased close rates Relevant reports for top management Make sure leads aren t dropped How are these goals measured? 100% of deals are shown in Salesforce pipeline reports Increase closed rate by <x> Reduce dropped leads from <x> to <x> What are the goals of your end users? Easy access to collateral Work online and offline Accomplish administrative tasks more easily Get credit for work How are these goals measured? Document consistency Increase effectiveness by <x>% Activity reporting and dashboards Low employee attrition WORKBOOK 5

8 Prioritize Your Goals Using the completed Business Goals worksheet, copy and paste each of the goals you defined into the appropriate priorities in the My Business Priorities worksheet. See the second table for an example of how to prioritize business goals. My Business Priorities Must have Important Nice to have Sample Business Priorities Must have Identify top performers Know why key deals are lost Get better visibility into pipeline Increase close rates Create relevant reports for top management Get credit for work Important Identify top customers Know why key deals are lost Easy access to collateral Accomplish administrative tasks more easily Nice to have Capture leads from the Web site Make sure leads tracked via aren t dropped Work online and offline WORKBOOK 6

9 Define Your Process This section includes the following resources: A questionnaire to help define key components of your business process A placeholder for your business process diagram (just duplicate to create additional process diagrams) Worksheets to help you define the fields you need for the commonly used sales process (Lead fields, Account fields, Contact fields, and Opportunity fields). Identify Key Aspects of Your Business Process Modify this worksheet to include the key components associated with your business process. Companies: For which of the following do you want to track data? Profiles: What key characteristics do you use to profile or segment your customers? Contacts: What are the characteristics that define the contacts you interact with? Partners: What types of partners do you work with? How do they help uncover opportunities for your business? Sales Funnel: List the stages in your sales cycle and the percentage of closing certainty at each stage. Documentation: What materials do you send to customers during the sales cycle? List the 5 10 documents you use most frequently Competition: Do you track competitive wins and losses? List your competitors and check the reasons you lose business to or win business from them My Business Process Questionnaire Prospects Customers Partners Vendors Competitors Industry No. of employees Revenue Title Role Value Added Resellers Original Equipment Manufacturers Indirect Sales Channel Implementers/Installers Lead 10% Qualified 20% Presentation 50% Proposal 75% Closed Won 100% Closed Lost 0% templates PDF documents Proposals Quotes Other Price Feature <x> Value proposition Company viability Time to value Other WORKBOOK 7

10 Document Your Process Diagram After reviewing the sample Salesforce processes and mapping out your own, include a sketch of that process below. My Business Process Diagram WORKBOOK 8

11 Define the Fields Needed for Your Process Use the following worksheets to identify which standard Salesforce fields and picklist values fit your process. Also define which additional custom fields you need for each of the screens involved with most sales processes, including the Lead fields, the Account fields, the Contact fields, and the Opportunities fields. Note: The * symbol means a field is required. Use the Want Field? column to check those fields you want to use. Use the Custom Field choices at the end of the table to note additional fields. Add rows as needed. Define Your Lead Fields My Lead Fields Standard Field Name Data Type Values Want Field? Address Address Annual Revenue Currency(18,0) Campaign Lookup(Campaign) Company* Text(80) Description Long Text Area(32000) Do Not Call Checkbox Opt Out Checkbox Fax Fax Fax Opt Out Checkbox Industry Picklist Agriculture Apparel Banking Biotechnology Chemicals Communications Construction Consulting Education Electronics Energy Engineering Entertainment Environmental Finance Food & Beverage Government Healthcare Hospitality Insurance Machinery Manufacturing Media Not For Profit Other Recreation Retail Shipping Technology Telecommunications Transportation Utilities Lead Owner Lookup(User, Queue) Lead Source Picklist Advertisement Employee Referral External Referral Partner Public Relations Seminar Internal Seminar Partner Trade Show Web WORKBOOK 9

16 Define Needed Reports Use this worksheet to define which standard Salesforce reports match the business goals you defined earlier. If there isn t a standard report, decide whether you want create a custom report. Of course, some goals aren t measured with reports, such as the ability to work both online and offline. For an example, see the worksheet below. Your Prioritized Business Goals My Reports Standard Reports to Measure Your Goals Your Prioritized Business Goals Standard Reports to Measure Your Goals Sample Reports that Match Business Goals Your Prioritized Business Goals Standard Reports to Measure Your Goals Identify top performers Better visibility into pipeline Increased close rates Relevant reports for top management Get credit for work Know why key deals are lost Easy access to collateral Accomplish administrative tasks more easily Capture leads from the Web site Make sure leads aren t being dropped Work online and offline Sales by Rep Opportunity Pipeline Closed Opportunities Closed Opportunities, Opportunity Sources, Opportunity Stage Duration, Quarterly Forecast Summary, Opportunity Pipeline Trend Sales by Rep, Quota vs. Actual Stuck Opportunities N/A N/A Leads by Source Lead Status, Neglected Leads N/A WORKBOOK 14

17 Integrating salesforce.com applications and Oracle e-business Suite Prepare to Import Data Use this worksheet to identify the following key information about your data, in preparation for importing it into Salesforce CRM. If necessary, add rows to accommodate additional data sources. Excel My Record Types Source Record Type Needs Cleaning File Size ACT! GoldMine Outlook PDA For More Information Contact your account executive to learn how we can help you accelerate your CRM success. WP_Getting-Started_Workbook_

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